Letter: Dismayed by Casey's consideration to run for presidency

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Dec 1, 2018 at 6:54 PM

I am shocked, dismayed and angered by the news story I read recently in the Record. It seems that our just re-elected senator has proven he is nothing more than a political hack in announcing a presidential bid for 2020. What happened to “working for the people of our great state and commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Mr. Casey? Your actions prove nothing more than pure cowardice. If you were truly for the people here in our wonderful state, and you really wanted to run in 2020, you should not have run for re-election in 2018. A real heroic man with real “cajones” who was just re-elected to a six-year senatorial term would wait until 2024 and put his political career on the line. Mr. Casey, on the other hand, is hedging his bet by running in the middle of his term. He is protecting his taxpayer paid annual salary of $175,000 plus stipends and full benefits just in case he doesn't make it to, and I certainly won't assist this hack, to the oval office.

Philip Cohen, East Stroudsburg

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